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Nefer put their nosebags on them and fed them a ration of crushed dhurra.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

On the third night after leaving Gallala, when the constellation of the Wild Asses made its zenith in the northern night sky, Pharaoh halted the squadron to water the horses and to eat a hasty meal of sun-dried meat, dates and cold dhurra millet cakes.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

They had met Ran, Sargon's eldest son, on the banks of the Bahr al Milh: between the chariots of Trok and Naja they had ground his army like dhurra, and swept the chaff into the lake until the waters ran red with blood, and the bloated corpses floated from one bank to the other.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

They left the horses tethered in a hidden wadi, with a few handfuls of crushed dhurra millet in their leather nosebags to keep them contented, then climbed cautiously to the crest of the hills and found a vantage-point behind a bank of purple shale from which they could look down on to the caravan road below.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

Then she shaded her eyes and looked out over the green fields of young dhurra, and the patterns of irrigation ditches filled with sparkling water from Taita's fountain.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

Merykara made up a basket of figs and oranges and dhurra cakes, and she and Meren sat beside the fountainhead watching the horses on the green grass below them.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

He took out a dhurra cake from the pouch on his belt, and without standing up offered it to her.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

He led him to a stone cell in the depths of the temple where a jug of goat's milk stood on the table beside a platter of dhurra bread and honey in the comb.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

It was stalking the birds that hopped on the flags outside the window, picking up the spilled grains of dhurra millet.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

While he fed them with crushed dhurra millet, and they sat on his shoulders or pecked from his cupped hands, Taita thought about the events of the morning and began to piece together all the disparate perceptions he had garnered during the opening ceremony.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001